Friendly

Saturday 15th July 2023

Kick Off 10.30 Actual 10.41

A.F.C. Winkfield 3 Pundit 7, attendance 21

12’ 0-1, 17’ 1-1, 40’ 1-2, 42’ 2-2, 44’ 2-3, 55’ 2-4, 57’ 2-5, 80’ 2-6, 87’ 2-7, 88’ 3-7

@ Garrison Sports Ground

Kings Road

Windsor

SL4 2BD

No Admission or Programme.

When watching pre-season friendlies you can occasionally get caught out on which team you are actually watching. This turned out to be a Winkfield team made up of reserves and trialists (playing in East Berks League, as do visitors Pundit) and it is not something I would have bothered watching had I been aware of this beforehand. Yes, there were plenty of goals, but that was more down to the poor level of playing standards, rather than skill factor. It is even more annoying that I could have done a different game this morning, just a couple of miles from my afternoon match, but too late now!

The Garrison Sports Ground is an (ex?) M.O.D. facility housing football, rugby and cricket as well as a couple of old tennis hard courts. Pathetically, there are just 25 car park spaces here. Totally inadequate if more than one game is on at the same time, especially with the ground being adjacent to the A322. The kick off was delayed while a worn patch in one goal area was filled in with soil to make it playable.